The true number of deported defendants in Dallas County isn’t known. The 1,000 compiled by an investigator with the DA’s office was only a “wish list” of defendants that prosecutors most wanted to take to trial.

The DA’s office said at the time that defendants were posting bond and then using deportation to escape justice.

They include murder, kidnapping and child rape suspects.

DNA connected him to both sexual assaults, court records show.

Both girls, ages 12 and 14, were bound with clear duct tape. The attacker told one of the girls: “I have a gun. I will kill you.”